Talk:State University of New York at Purchase
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Who calls the mentioned actors the Purchase Mafia. I've never heard the term before. Anyone got a source? PirateKeith 19:00, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
- I've also never heard of this. Maybe ask on the purchase livejournal community or google it? Syynapse 23:35, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
First of all, read the article, its already cited and has been for some time. second, pretending to be people you are not and attacking other editors can eventually get you blocked. sign up for an account, it only takes two seconds. --Heah talk 23:49, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Keith
Keith, "The Purchase Mafia" started getting thrown around when Hal Hartley and Bob Gosse had "The Shooting Gallery" I think.
--sam
the article should mention the number of students and faculty, i think.
[edit] Major overhaul
Speaking as a recent graduate of SUNY Purchase, I'm really kind of disappointed to find the article in such a state. There were numerous biased statements promoting the college, making much of this more into an extension of the Purchase website than an independent unbiased source. A lot of the rest is common knowledge among students, but needs to be cited if it's going in here; other claims are patently ridiculous-- I know for a fact that there are singles in the New, I roomed next to one. I'm going to keep an eye on this, but anyone who can help source or attribute the more notable claims would have my grattitude. Lucky number 49 22:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Famous Alumni
This section is a bit messy. First, "famous" is subjective; I'm not sure most people would consider most women's rights activists or photojournalists very famous outside of those circles. A more proper title would be "Notable alumni," which would be similar to most other University-related articles. With that said, however, any person who is red-linked (i.e. does not have a Wikipedia article) often automatically fails the "Notable" requirement. I'd recommend axing all those names that you can't make a good argument for being notable and condense into one giant list with parenthetical indications of why they are notable. Get rid of the subsections by alumni "type" - it just makes everything more confusing (and makes the table of contents enormous). If people really like having categories for alumni, just do bold titles, not within the === signs as official subsections. Just some advice to get started on clean up here. :) --Midnightdreary 00:44, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
